One of the themes I was shooting for last week was “Bunny.” The idea that came to mind was to get a shot of my son holding this well-loved stuffed bunny that we have. My son had other ideas, like every cliché 2-year-old I know! He did not want to hold the bunny. Every time I handed him the bunny he would grab it, scream, “no,” and throw it into his crib. He did however want to get a picture with his hands in his pockets.
I was eventually able to get some pictures with the bunny. It required me bribing him with being able to watch a “5 little monkeys jumping on the bed” video on YouTube. I actually had to have my oldest daughter hold my phone with the video playing on it so he could watch it while I took his picture. It was a pretty stressful session, like most sessions are with him these days. But in the end I got some awesome images of him.
Here’s one showing the bribe!
And what I ended up with…
This last one is close to what I envisioned for this theme. With a fun 2-year-old “close” is good enough!
I wish bribes worked for my son! Cute!
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How very sweet and oh how many times I have had to bribe too!
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Love the photos and the story behind them. Hard work + talent + creativity = awesome photographer!
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I think it’s HONEST and adorable. You’ll look back at these photos with him someday and you’ll have a great laugh. Love love love the cuddle one 🙂
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My goodness I can relate to this oh so well!!! I have a 3 year old son… he’s getting *kind of* better about photos. 😉 You did get some adorable shots of him though and you can laugh about it later. 😛
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I’m glad your strategy worked – these are adorable! So sweet.
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That one of him hugging the bunny is just too adorable! And… you do what ya gotta do to get the shot, LOL!!!
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These are adorable. That can be such a hard age to work with and you did a great job.
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Oh 2 year olds! 🙂 He’s so adorable!
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I LOVE this age in boys!! great job
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What a cutie!
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I love these. Captures the true essence of being a toddler.
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These are so stinkin cute and I can totally relate 🙂
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Glad he finally had a chance of heart – so cute!
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